Four-Years Ago (15-August-2012) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Kermit the Bullfrog in the pond at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Images taken with a Nikon 1 V1 camera + FT1 adapter + 70-300 mm VR lens.

Five uncropped images at different focal lengths. Because of the smaller size sensor on the Nikon 1 camera the equivalent field of view (FOV) is 2.7x larger than with a full frame (35 mm)  sensor camera. The equivalent FOV for the following images are: 70 mm (~190 mm); 100 mm (~270 mm); 135 mm (~365 mm); 200 mm (~540 mm); 300 mm (~810 mm). I don’t think anyone could hand-hold a 800 mm lens on a 35 mm DSLR camera for very long, let alone go for a long hike.


Kermit the Bullfrog Series. Click on the above image to access the individual images in the slideshow.


Five-Years Ago (15-August-2011) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

Fawn and the Horse Fly. Summer Backyard Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3s and 400 mm f/2.8G lens


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Sunday (14-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Great Spangled Fritillary on a Joe Pye Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens.

Great Spangled Fritillary on a Joe Pye Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 183 mm, f/5,6, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)
Great Spangled Fritillary on a Joe Pye Flower at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.  Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 183 mm, f/5,6, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)

Sunday (14-August-2016) — New Jersey

Summertime Nature at the Sourland Mountain Preserve.

Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Note the back of the butterfly wing is camouflaged as a decoy of the front of the butterfly. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec).

Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)
Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) on a Black-Eyed Susan Flower. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 sec). (David J Mathre)